Lubricating pad



June 16, 1936. M. KEYS LUBRIGATING PAD Filed Feb. 20, 1936 Mar/2's K3915 INVENTOR.

H15 ATTORNEYS.

June 1, E3

lili'jii i'itie PM s Keys, @hioag'e, Ed. Application Febry 23, note, Serial Noa 64,813

This invention relates to lubricating pads. with oil before being inserted into t-ie casing M It is an object of this invention to provide an or the body it may be saturated with lubricating improved lubricating pad which is relatively oil by pouring the latter into the absorbent body simple and inexpensive in construction and emit of the pad through the central opening it in 5 cient in use. the casing H, whereupon the pad may be in- 5 Another object of the present invention is to Skirted t the j u bOX 95 through the (1001 provide a new and improved pad for lubricating H, the pad being a an d, wh n in w n the journals of railway cars and the like, the bottom wall iii of the journal box and the A further object of the present invention is to 3 181 W n t pa is t s di po in construct the new lubricating pad in such a manposition f e he l sp s l3 r the 011- 10 her that the same will always be in distended bearing pad Hi to e ement w th-the per phwith which the new lubricating pad is associated connection, that the springs l3, being normally Other objects will appear h r i t distended, bear the upper surface of the pad m 15 The invention consists in the novel combinaagainst the journal 55 and Prevent the D from described and claimed. in use, which is an objectionable feature of the The invention 111 be best understood by ref usual type of loose waste oil absorbent material erence t th accompanying drawing showing the now used for lubricating the journals of railway 20 preferred rorm of construction, and in which: cars and the k Fig. l is a view, partly in section and partly in It is to be noted that the pad it may, if desired, elevation, showing a preferred form of the presbe inserted into the Journal box and the 011 out invention i then poured onto the pad i0 through the opened Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view on line door of the journal box 25 2-2111 F 1; While the new lubricating pad Ill has been Fig. 3 is a perspective View showing a preferred shown as being used in connection with the jourform of the n lubricating and nals of railway cars, it is understood that the Fig 4 is a plan View of the same. new pad is not limited to this use but may be A preferred form of the new lubricating pad is used in injunction P Various bearing 30 shown in the drawing, is'therein generally indisurfaces which it is sued to lubricatescope of the appended claim.

Havi th in the casing H, at suitable intervals therein, are claim :5 gi gg i zz 3252 3 2 8 2252 Patent is:

The new lubricating pad is shown, for the pur- A lubricating pad comprising a flexible casing 5 pose of illustrating its use in connection with a typical bearing surface, as being used in conjunction with the journal 15 of a railway car, the m the said journal box being indicated at 16 and having a fa there f door I! which is hinged thereto, as at l8, and to be lubricated by t through which the lubricating D y be ing an opening formed therein, in the upper side serted into the journal box. thereof, through which lubricating oil may be In the use of the new lub tin D the poured into the said oil-absorbent body therein. absorbent body l2 of the same may be saturated MORRIS ms. 

